Sarasota Bradenton International Airport’s newest terminal is now open with three new restaurants and other convenient features for travelers. The Florida Gulf Coast airport had a ribbon cutting ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. The invasive snake was first recorded in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and quickly put a ...

Americans have been flocking to Florida in recent years ... Panama City, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, St. Cloud and Titusville. For the fifth year in a row, the Golden State lost the most people.

The holiday season has been a rough one for the Sarasota dining scene, with three major restaurant closings occurring in December, including one on New Year's Eve. Now, Sarasota's first and only ...

We ease into our lineup of exciting January events in Sarasota and Manatee counties with an “aquatic spectacular,” an orchid show and sale, two free outdoor movie screenings, and a free block ...

But when that freshwater is released to prevent flooding, it can make red tide blooms worse off the coast of Sarasota, around 100 miles away. That's according to a peer-reviewed study in The Florida ...

Andrew Warfield is the Sarasota Observer city reporter. He is a four-decade veteran of print media. A Florida native, he has spent most of his career in the Carolinas as a writer and editor ...